Can soemone please explain what the "American Spring" is?

[question everything]

I see comments about attendance, or not. But have no idea what it is, or was.

For those of us who do not read every post on DU - assuming there was one that started it - please, provide explanation(s).

Thank you

[DonViejo]

1. Here ya go....

Operation American Spring promises to drive Obama from office this Friday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024955441

[question everything]

3. Thanks. What idiots

Interesting that they are trying to compare themselves to the Arab Spring that failed and brought misery and death to million of people from Tunisia to Syria.

[alsame]

2. Three phases

There are 3 primary phases to the plan:

Phase 1 – Field millions, as many as ten million, patriots to assemble in a peaceful, non-violent, physically unarmed

Phase 2 – At least one million of the assembled 10 million to stay in D.C. as long as it takes to see Obama, Biden, Reid, McConnell, Boehner, Pelosi, and Attorney General Holder removed from office.

Phase 3 – Politicians with the principles of a West; Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Lee, DeMint, Paul, Gov Walker, Sessions, Gowdy, Jordan, to comprise a tribunal to convene investigations and recommend appropriate charges against politicians and government employees who have violated the Constitution




http://www.truthandaction.org/operation-american-spring-ret-colonel-creates-march-washington-may-16-2014/

[question everything]

5. Interesting that they hate government

but all of their supporters do hold, or held, elective offices.

[alsame]

12. IMO, they don't hate

gov't at all - they hate the people, laws and policies they don't agree with.

I think right wingers are authoritarians and would have no problem living under a very repressive gov't as long as they agreed with those in power.

[laundry_queen]

34. I agree with what you say.

I think they would be thrilled with a repressive gov't that got rid of everyone who didn't agree with them.

[arcane1]

29. They also love democracy, but want to replace elected officials with unelected ones.

Needless to say, they're not too bright

[Voice for Peace]

33. you've got to be carefully taught

you've got to be taught
from year to year
it's got to be drummed
in your dear little ear
to hate all the people
your relatives hate
you've got to be carefully taught

[Cali_Democrat]

4. There's a black guy in the White House...

....and it really pisses some people off...

...so they decided to gather millions of people to overthrow the black dude, but only 20 people showed up.

[question everything]

7. BINGO! Won't surprise me to see the Confederate Flags waving in the wind (nt)

[pokerfan]

6. It's a rally sponsored by Tea Party Nation

Last edited Sat May 17, 2014, 01:36 PM - Edit history (1)

They were hoping to draw between ten million and thirty million people to "occupy" DC, shut down the government and take back their country.

[question everything]

10. Take it back from whom? Native Americans?

thin people?

[pokerfan]

18. Take it back to the 1850s? n/t

[scarletwoman]

23. To be fair, only your 1st photo is from yesterday's protest.

That second photo is obviously from some fair or carnival (see the toys in the background on the right) and is completely unrelated to the "American Spring", or Washington D.C., for that matter.

[pokerfan]

24. ah

I snagged it from the other thread

[scarletwoman]

25. Yes, I saw it in the other thread, too, where it was used as an example of the 'type'

of people involved in "American Spring". I thought it was misleading then, too, but didn't have time to post an objection last night.

Thanks for removing it.

[scarletwoman]

31. Btw, I did a bit of googling and discovered that the scooter couple photo was the 2009 winner

of an Oklahoma City newspaper's "Best Oklahoma State Fair Photos" contest: http://www.thelostogle.com/2013/09/12/15-best-oklahoma-state-fair-photos-of-all-time/

I don't know about you, but I just *had* to know!

[edbermac]

8. 10,000,000 patriots going to DC to drive Obama from office.

Unfortunately they came up 9,999,900 patriots short.

[doxydad]

9. From what I could see in EVERY VIDEO:

My nutshell opinion and synopsis of event: Old white people, Rascal and Hoverounds, snaky yellow flags, angry militia types. The second Bestest part was when...about an hour in, someone wanted to sing the National anthem, and started with.."America the Beautiful;'... It was pitiful, kinda like a slow car-semi trailer crash...The BEST part was when Billy-Bob-Cooter-Otter-Joe jumped in front of the camera and said 'WHERE ARE YOU?..." but I would definitely have paid to see this on the big screen, so there's that.

[csziggy]

16. Actually Billy-Bob-Cooter-Otter-Joe jumped in front of the camera and said 'WHERE YOU AT?..."

Gotta make sure we get his grammar exactly quoted!

[riverwalker]

11. bizarre

I Googled it, won't post a link. They wanted all the teabaggers, racists, militias and other obedient minions of the 1% to gather in the millions in DC to overthrow the government. They want Cruz and Walker and others they selected to put everyone on trial. I have yet to figure out exactly what their reasons are. The site is very confusing. It's like when I have a conversation with a schizophrenic person, it makes my head hurt. They have videos using footage of the Vietnam War, using "Eve of Destruction" and "Where have all the flowers gone", and they don't know these were the anthems of the anti-war movement in the sixties?? They are adapting it to Bundyville??????
They are frozen in adolescence, they think they are rebelling, but so easily manipulated.

[tularetom]

13. The only American Spring picture that won't make you puke

[question everything]

15. Or this

[Lancero]

14. It's where a group of people bring in a few hundred portapotties...

And hope they have enough people to fill all the seats.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

17. American Spring: Canceled by Climate Change. nt

[bigtree]

19. they're still down there hanging out, weirding-up the place, talking hilarious tripe

video coverage here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/operation-american-spring?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2F1dNTe&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20140517092256

15 min. ago:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/47679843

[catbyte]

20. A new patriotic soap for shower or bath?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Think Dumber, dumberer, dumbererest, competition.

[MohRokTah]

22. Latrest rebranding of "Republican" since that whole "Tea PArty" rebranding didn't work out. eom

[madamesilverspurs]

26. Merkin sproinnnnggg

It's its own sound effect.

[enki23]

27. It's the Christian Brotherhood.

[BootinUp]

28. A Really Dumb Idea. nt

[Marr]

30. It's what a right-wing grassroots movement actually looks like.

Twelve weirdos with fifty port-a-potties.

Right-wing gatherings are usually orchestrated from the top-down, with big money interests promoting them in their corporate media outlets and falsely inflating their turnout numbers.

The Tea Party became an embarrassment and a lunatic hindrance to the corporate establishment a few cycles back, and now they're on their own. This is what right-wingers look like when they aren't being propped up by corporate America. This is what they look like when they try to be Occupy Wallstreet.

[WhiteTara]

32. A convergence of gun nutted racists who are furious

yes furious that Barack Obama would dare be president while being black. Their hatred and fear know no bounds. They are armed and dangerous. When you see one, go the other way.